Poetry Tuesday: Because It Is Mine

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter--bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."
                       -Stephen Crane


I was given a copy of The Black Riders and Other Lines for a moving-in welcome gift!